Thinking Critically about Text and Visuals

Read “In Defense of Multitasking” and answer the following questions. Then “submit” your work.

Question 20.37

1. Appeals To what needs and values does Silverman appeal?

Question 20.38

2. Reasoning What fallacies, if any, can you find in Silverman’s essay?

Question 20.39

3. Sources Evaluate Silverman’s use of sources in this essay. What kinds of sources could he have added?

Question 20.40

4. Alternative Viewpoints How does Silverman present alternative viewpoints? Does he refute them? If so, how?

Question 20.41

5. Fact or Opinion Discuss whether Silverman’s essay is made up primarily of fact or of opinion. How does this balance affect the success of his argument?

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